Trend · rank 98 of 250

Chronic disease & obesity burden

Longer lives, changing diets and rising obesity are increasing long-term conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, reducing labour participation and raising lasting demand for prevention, treatment and new metabolic medicines.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workdiseasehealth systemslongevity

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Chronic disease burden; takes in Obesity & GLP-1 medicines. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
98of 250
Sensitivity
15.0rank 42
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
37.9rank 106
Eigenvector
0.6
Betweenness
3.8
Links
11trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
23.6

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
76
Over a year
−19%Easing
Over three years
−37%
Peak
15529 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.42
Coverage
25languages · 53 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (25 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English51%87−17%
Russian11%71−40%
German7%88−33%
Spanish6%68−45%
Chinese4%137+34%
French3%83−29%
Italian3%99−21%
Persian3%59−20%
Polish2%89−38%
Japanese1%107+7%
Portuguese1%81−34%
Ukrainian1%91−17%
Dutch1%69−51%
Swedish1%83−34%
Korean1%81−44%
Arabic1%93−1%
Turkish1%63−45%
Hebrew1%102−12%
Bengali0%69−18%
Hindi0%100−17%
Tamil0%125+53%
Vietnamese0%106+33%
Malay0%95−11%
Thai0%143+2%
Indonesian0%56−54%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United States

Canada

Ireland

Australia

Singapore

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Sweden

New Zealand

South Africa

Norway

Brazil

100

95

94

86

72

67

67

55

50

50

45

44

The 12 highest of 53 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English81+18%−17%−20%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish92+10%−25%+14%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country77−5%−16%−10%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay113+16%+8%+19%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil98+23%−3%−12%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew79−5%−19%−14%
AfricaGoogle in 6 countries74+19%−7%−39%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese76−1%−29%−21%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian73−8%−19%−25%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle101+3%+11%−9%
AustraliaGoogle72+35%−26%−46%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese73+12%−35%−24%
CanadaGoogle98+46%−18%−8%
ChinaGoogle77−5%−16%−10%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French110+15%−13%+55%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German91+17%−29%+12%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil97+21%−6%−12%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian79+7%−30%+1%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian107+9%−7%+44%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese109+5%+8%−0%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean118−12%+19%+33%
MexicoGoogle63−9%−20%−52%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian71−13%−40%−12%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle81+5%−15%−25%
South AfricaGoogle79+20%−18%−24%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish79−13%−38%+2%
United KingdomGoogle56−8%−46%−45%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English77+18%−17%−26%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
3 · ModerateA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
3 · ModerateA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighHealthy lifespan divergencePeople, health & work207
3 · ModerateHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
3 · ModerateGlobal health governancePeople, health & work49
3 · ModerateHealth system demand imbalancePeople, health & work56
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModeratePopulation ageingPeople, health & work96
3 · ModerateAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
3 · ModerateMental health demand growthPeople, health & work127
3 · ModeratePathogen emergence pressurePeople, health & work163
3 · ModerateDigital & AI-supported carePeople, health & work179
3 · ModerateSanitation & hygiene access gapsPeople, health & work188